Cash register



O. LAWRENCE Feb. 2 1926.

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i OBED I. LAWRENCE, 0F PAULS VALLEY, OKLAI-IOMA.

CASH REGISTER.

Application filed April 13, 1925, Serial No. 22,817.

f0 (1 UP/LOWL- it may concern:

Be it known that l, Onnn I. LAWRENCE,

a citiZen of the United States, residing at Pauls Valley, in the county of Garvin and Eltato of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Cash Register, of which the fol.- lowingis a specification. v r

This invention relates to cash drawer and has for its important object to provide means whereby the caslrdrawer may be moved to its open position only by inserting a check in a slot leading to the drawer releasing mechanism.

imcthcr object of the invention is to provide means for causing an audible signal to be made with each movement of the drawer to its open position.

ilith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter clescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the 1nvent1on herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a cash drawer constructed in accordance with the invention, the cover thereof being removed.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the cash register.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3*?) of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4- 1 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the cabinet includes side walls 5, a rear wall 6 and a forward wall 7, the forward wall being provided. with a cut out portion to permit the drawer indicated at 8 to be ex tended theretln'ough.

'llhe cabinet is divided by the partitioning wall S) that is provided with a cut out portion to accounuodate the plate 10 that is secured to the drawer 8 at 11, the rear end of the plate extending to the rear of the cabinet as shown by l igure 3 of the drawing.-

A guiding plate indicated at 12 has its side edges turned inwardly providing guides for the plate 10, which plate 10 is also formed with an opening 13 of a dianr etcr to allow the coin inserted in the machine to drop therethrough. Mounted under the guide plate 12 is a pivoted arm 1 1 that has one end extended upwardly through the opening in the plate 10 as shown by Figure S2 of the drawing, the opposite end of the arm being forced downwardly by means ol the coiled spring 15. 1

At the upper end of the arm 14 is a depending finger 18 that engages one wall the opening 13 to prevent movement of the plate 10 and drawer connected therewith until the arm has been moved to a position out of engagement with the wall of the opening 13.

Formed in the forward wall of the partition 9 is a cut out portion that accommodates the coiled spring 1? which is shown as on gaging the rear wall of the drawer 8, the spring being of a construction to no *mally urge the drawer to its open position, when the locking arm 14 has been moved to release the plate 10.

Disposed above the plate 10 is a barrel 18, the lower or discharge end thereof being arranged directly over one end of the arm 14 so that when a coin is deposited thereon, it will be engaged by the fingers 19 formed at the lower end of the operating rod 20. Under normal conditions it will be obvious that the lingers 19 will pass on opposite sides of the arm 14:.

At the forward end of the guide plate 12 is an opening 10 through which the check may fall, when the drawer is moved to its open position.

Communicating with the barrel is a coin chute 21 that is adapted to direct a check to a position overlying the upper end of the arm 1 1 so that when the operating rod is moved downwardly, the lingers 19 will contact with the check dropped into the coin chute to the end that the arm 1 will be moved to its inactive position. 'lhe rod 20 is normally forced to its upper position. by means of the coiled spring 22, to the end that when pressure on the upper end, of the rod. 20 has been relieved, the rod 20 will be returned to its inactive position.

Carried by the drawer is a bell 23 that is supplied with a tapper that lies cxteriorly of the bell to be engaged by the flange 24 formed at one end of the plate 25, so that when the tapper moves by the flange, the tapper will. be operated to engage the bell and give a signal.

Partitions 26 and 27 are provided to di- Ill) In the use of the device, it is contemplated to provide a device whereby a person operating the cash drawer must first deposit an identification tag or check of a certain size in the chute 21, to the end that the drawer locking mechanism may be moved to its inactive position and the drawer extended to a position whereupon the operator may make change.

1. In a cabinet of the class described, a sliding cash drawer, a plate carried by the arm and having an opening, a locking arm having one end thereof extending into the opening to lock the plate and drawer against movement, means for directing a check to the arm, a plunger operating above the arm and adapted to be moved to engage the check to move the arm to its inactive position, and a coiled spring for moving the drawer to its open position.

2. In a cabinet of the class described, a

cash drawer, a rearwardly extended plate having an opening secured to the drawer, locking means extending through the opening to hold the plate and drawer against movement, said locking means being con structed to receive a check, a plunger operating above the locking means and adapted to engage a coin supported thereon to secure the locking means in its inactive position, and means for moving the drawer to its open position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as nay-own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture. OBED I. LAWRENCE. 

